BILL NUMBER: AB 1193	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to bikeways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1193, as introduced, Ting. Bikeways.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in
cooperation with county and city governments, to establish minimum
safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways,
and authorizes cities, counties, and local agencies to establish
bikeways. Existing law requires all city, county, regional, and other
local agencies responsible for the development or operation of
bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted to utilize all
minimum safety design criteria and uniform specifications and
symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established
pursuant to specified provisions of existing law. Existing law
authorizes a city or county to prepare a bicycle transportation plan
with specified required elements for these purposes.
   This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to enact
subsequent legislation that would authorize all city, county,
regional, and other local agencies responsible for the development or
operation of bikeways or roadways to exercise the same discretion in
the design of their bikeways that they exercise in the design of
local streets, roads, and highways.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (a) Statutory provisions impose on local agencies a mandate to
follow obsolete standards for the design of bikeways, while they
permit the application of industry standards for the design of local
streets, roads, and highways.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent
legislation that would authorize all city, county, regional, and
other local agencies responsible for the development or operation of
bikeways or roadways to exercise the same discretion in the design of
their bikeways that they exercise in the design of local streets,
roads, and highways.